Tubo Hotel – Tepoztlan, Mexico

TuboHotel in Tepoztlan Mexico

Over the last couple of years we’ve shown you some very unique places to stay at while you’re traveling around the world and today we would like to introduce you to Tubo Hotel, located in Tepoztlan, Mexico, just outside of Mexico City.

The Tubo Hotel is designed by T3arc Architecture and is a hotel where guests sleep in recycled concrete drainage pipes.  To keep construction costs low, drainage pipes that didn’t meet the required specs to be used as drainage pipes were bought and converted into hotel rooms.  To make better use of the available land, the concrete pipes were placed in a pyramid format, two at the bottom and one on top of them.

Traveling to Venice – Action Movie Style

travelling to venice the tourist angelina jolie speedboat

Venice is famous for its beauty and history; full of winding canals and waterways, the city is synonymous with romance. And chase scenes, so screw rom-coms! Have you noticed I’ve got travel and chase scenes on the brain lately? I blame it on winter cabin fever, which has prevented me from both traveling anywhere interesting in the last two months, and has stopped me from tailing other innocent motorists in the attempt to start ‘spontaneous’ high speed pursuit. Since I haven’t been out living it, I’ve been researching some of the absolute best heart pounding, fruit cart destroying (there’s always a fruit cart,) and wantonly disregarding of public property chase scenes ever. As it turns out, a lot of them are set in Venice… so let’s do the Internet equivalent of traveling to Venice, and gleefully plan all the ridiculous action movie scenes that we’re going to re-enact the second we get there.

Coolest Fan in the World – Dyson Bladeless Fan

About a year ago Dyson, famous for their cool vacuums, introduced a fan with no blades.  Now that had to be the coolest fan ever and most definitely a conversation piece.  Dyson has now added two bigger models to their lineup, a 40 inch tower fan and a pedestal fan.

The fact that I’m talking about these fans alone makes them super cool, because I don’t remember the last time I brought a fan into a conversation.  These fans range in price from $300 to $450.  Not bad prices if you have money to blow, pun intended.

Limited Edition Hublot Luxury Sled

Hublot-Luxury-Sled

Hublot-Luxury-Sled

When I hear the name Hublot, I automatically think of big, in your face luxury watches, a sled (or sledge to some) never would’ve crossed my mind.  But that’s exactly what they created and it is a luxurious one, the Hublot Sled makes use of materials you’d find in luxury automobiles.

The sled uses steel for the runners, ash wood and carbon fiber for the structure and hand-sewn leather for the seat.  The sled was made in collaboration with ECAL, Lausanne University of Art and Design.  Only 10 of these luxurious sleds will be produced and we expect them to cost more than a brand new small car.

Super Tough iPad Extreme Sleeve

iPad sleeve withstand hit from 12-pound bowling ball

iPad sleeve withstand hit from 12-pound bowling ball

There are plenty of cases for the iPad and iPad 2 out there but none of them really do it for me. All these companies claim to offer protection for our beloved gadget but one company really means it when they promise protection for the Apple iPad.

The iPad Extreme Sleeve by G-Form is so bloody tough that an iPad can withstand a hit from a 12-pound bowling ball. The secret is all in the PORON XRD material which is usually found in sports equipment. PORON XRD material is flexible under normal conditions but hardens upon impact. And yes, I like saying the word PORON. The material is lightweight, flexible, and water-resistant.